My email says cannot get mail, the connection to the server failed. I can get email through safari just fine. How do I fix?

Hotmail for Mobile Devices is down at the moment: https://status.live.com

What device does your husband have? What email server does he use?

All I can tell you is what Microsoft is saying right now.

If any other email systems (like gmail, yahoo) work on your device, odds are that your device is fine.

i'm having same problem with my yahoo saying connection to server failed on my iphone 5